Beckenham 10k 2011

Posted on 26/01/2011 by Simon

Beckenham RC are pleased to confirm this years 10k road race will be held on Sunday 5th June 2011. 10kmRoadRace ENTRY FORM

An undulating course of just under two laps, starting near our HQ and finishing in Beckenham Place Park, about 10 minutes’ walk back to race HQ at Beckenham Cricket Club in Foxgrove Road, BR3 5AS.

  • R.R.C. measured course;
  • Drinks stations;
  • Parking at race HQ and surrounding residential roads;
  • Changing facilities and toilets at race HQ;
  • HQ conveniently located for public transport at Beckenham Junction rail, tram, and buses all close by; New Beckenham and Ravensbourne Rail within 1 mile.
  • Medals to all finishers;
  • Trophies in following categories:- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Man and Lady. 1st MVet O/40, O/50, O/60, 1st FVet O/35, O/45, O/55; 1st Men’s Team, 1st Ladies’ Team (three to qualify).

Course records: Male 31.04, set 1999; Female 34.32, set 1991.  £100 cash prize for new course record.

Entry: £8.00 (UK Athletics affiliated club members), £10.00 (others).

Entries on day, £2 extra until the limit of 300 runners is reached.

Closing date for Postal Entries: Saturday 28th May 2011

2010 Results

10k Route Map

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Beckenham Team Relay 2011

Posted on 26/01/2011 by Simon

Beckenham RC are pleased to confirm that the 2011 relay race will be held on Wednesday 11th of May 2011 at 7:30pm. Beckenham Team Relay Entry form or Enter ONLINE

*Registration on the night: at race HQ, Beckenham Cricket Club, Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5AS, from 6.00pm.  Teams must be declared by 7.10 pm.  The race starts and finishes in Beckenham Place Park, a 5 minute jog from HQ.

*Facilities: Changing, Showers, Toilets, limited car parking.  Bar with drinks and food available for purchase afterwards.

*Location: Conveniently located for public transport at Beckenham Junction, New Beckenham and Ravensbourne train stations, tram, bus routes all within 1 mile.

*Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Men’s teams, 1st and 2nd Ladies’ team, 1st Mixed Team; Fastest Man’s and Lady’s individual legs.

*The Course: 3 laps of 2.6miles each lap, measured by surveyor’s wheel; undulating; on roads and paths, starting and finishing in Beckenham Place Park Golf Course.

Please make cheques payable to Beckenham Running Club – £7.50 per team of three.

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FREE Marathon Injury Prevention Seminar

Posted on 25/01/2011 by Simon
Crystal Palace Sports Injury Clinic are running their Marathon Injury Prevention Seminar again this year.  Its on Monday 31 January and Monday 7 February from 20:15 to 21:30.
If you want to go you should register at enquiries@cpsic.co.uk or call 020 8778 9050.
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@BeckenhamRC now on Twitter…

Posted on 24/01/2011 by Simon

You may or may not have noticed there is now a twitter feed on the left hand side of the page. This is abit of an experiment with the aim to be able to able to share information on the club, the website and our races with members and the general public. There is already one follower! (and me!) Using this tool there is potential to access thousands of people who are already on twitter to publicise events and races, and just show off about how great our club is so people may want to join themselves…..I suspect most people won’t have a clue about twitter but feel free to follow the twitters that stem from it…. http://twitter.com/BeckenhamRC#

Maybe a step to far…we’ll see.

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Benfleet 15

Posted on 24/01/2011 by Simon

The mud and hills of last weeks mob match against Blackheath and Bromley proved for some to be only a warm up for worse to come! The Benfleet 15 is probably the muddiest and boggiest of them all.

Davids looking too clean!

Well done to Ken, David and Paul F for surviving in one piece.

Pos Time Competitor Club Age Group Pos Age Pos
103 1:53:24 FANCETT, Ken Beckenham RC Mens60+ 103 1
115 1:55:09 SCRIMSHAW, David Beckenham RC Mens 115 62
262 2:12:41 FLETCHER, Paul Beckenham RC Mens 262 117

And congratulations to Ken who slid his way to the 1st V60 prize!

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Kate does Telford!

Posted on 24/01/2011 by Simon

Telford 10k …by Kate Marchant

Billed as a flat, fast pb course I was excited at the thought of eventually beating my 7 year standing pb of 43.07 at this race.  It was a fairly cold, dank and dull morning – this 10k was spilt into 2 races the elite (sub 40) and the masses (everyone else and ME ME ME).

Kate realises she has another 5k left.....

Just as I set off I heard that Clare Elms had won the elite race, so no suprises there then.  The start was somewhat crowded and a bit disorganised with local ‘power walkers’ at the front.  So I gave them my best nasty stare and they moved out of the way.  Off we went.  The start was a steep 500m downhill follwowed by a 50m sharp uphill.  Not the flat course I was expecting ….anyway it soon evened out and I found myself running along a narrow path with an ever so slight ascent and then an ever so slight descent.  Round a traffic cone to start on lap two and I passed the 5k mark in a pb for me at 20.48!!  Surely my 10k pb was in reach?!  No.  I started to run out of steam and found it hard to keep the pace in lap two (how typically me – will I ever learn?) so back up the 50m hill and then the slightly up/down path again.  Managed to finish in a 3rd best time for a 10k for me in 43.36 (the official time).  I think I was about 4th woman in the masses, so quite pleased but as Nolan has already so kindly pointed out…..’pacing Kate!!!’

Would I recommend it?  Dunno – it’s a flat course overall but not very interesting, I found it hard to settle down into it and still think the Brighton 10k has the better PB potential ….but its all down to personal preference at the end of the day.  And I didnt wear my lucky purple nail varnish….’

kate

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London marathon flashback

Posted on 17/01/2011 by Simon

Spot the Beckenham runner making the last mile of a marathon look as comfortable as the first….. (45 secs)

Go Clayton!

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Grand Prix Latest Standings Round 1.

Posted on 17/01/2011 by Simon

After a great start to this years competition with a 100% attendance record in the Premiership, the tables show Chris Minns taking an early lead at the top.

In Div 1, Ken Fancett took top spot following his unlucky relagation last term thanks to injuries, can he bounce straight back up….
In Div 2, Ed Osbourne staked his claim for promotion by claiming top spot in a time that beat all of those in Division one and some of the premiership, but as we all know it’s consistency that counts…. how else do we explain Smalls being in the premiership! 😉
Click here to download the lastest table following the first round of racing at the Blackheath and Bromley 10k.

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Grand Prix & Mob Match: Blackheath and Bromley Open 10k

Posted on 16/01/2011 by Simon

Saturday 15th January 2011 will go down in the record books as the Grand Prix with the highest ever Beckenham turn out with a mighty 41 runners, and almost led to mob match upset. Beckenham took on the establishment, Blackheath and Bromley Harriers at their Open 10k race and gave them a close run contest.

B&B crept over the finishing post with 1366 to Beckenhams 1563. Despite the loss we still gave a good account of ourselves with 6 runners in the top 10. Chris Minns was outsprinted by a youngster in the final straight to claim 2nd place with Jim Addison not far back to finish in 3rd.

Having completed her Dulwich Surrey League duties earlier in the day, everyone’s favourite 2nd claimer Clare Elms made use of her status to bolster the Beckenham score by comfortably finishing as first lady in 10th place.

Thank you to everyone who took part, especially to those who’ve not been running much of late and not feeling particularly racing fit. And to those that just hate running in mud and up hills on a bleak January afternoon.Your efforts were very much appreciated.

Results are now up on their website here

And finally a big thank you to the Bromley and Blackheath Harriers for being such good hosts. It was a great afternoon, but just watch out for us next year!

For various stile hurdle, stepping and falling techniques please click on the photo below. (Thanks Simon for the pictures

Beckenham Running Club 2011

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Mob Match; Beckenham v Petts Wood v Orpington

Posted on 14/01/2011 by Simon

I’m pleased to announce that our neighbours & running rivals, Petts Wood Running Club and Orpington Road Runners, have a accepted the challenge laid down by Beckenham RC of a mob match!

Date: 2nd April 9am

Location: Bromley parkrun

The event will be hosted by Bromley parkrun on a 5k course. Please put this in your running diaries so we can ensure a good turn out. I think it’s fair to say all three clubs have been steadily growing and improving at impressive rates over the last few years, so it promises to be a well contested event….

More information to follow…..

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